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Investigative videos exposing corporate exploitation in our food system.

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Kingsboro, North Carolina is home to a decades long battle for clean water from industrial pollution. In 1995, residents battled one the largest meatpackers in the world, and now they’re fighting a proposed hyperscale data center on the same exact land.

A national coalition is working to secure data center moratoriums at the local, state, and federal levels. Learn more at StopDataCentersCoalition.org by @singlestonemedia

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Tyson Foods CEO Donnie King makes nearly 800 times more than the median employee at the company. It is a billion dollar corporation that has been accused of using child labor. We went to Springdale, Arkansas, where Tyson is headquartered, to hear from the workers who keep America’s chicken obsession running.

While worker wages barely cover survival, Tyson is trying to maximize its profits by increasing line speeds and during staff shortages. The cost of these decisions is paid in workers’ bodies. Magaly Licolli, head of the poultry workers rights group, Venceremos, describes comforting pregnant women who lost their babies after being denied bathroom breaks on the line.

Children as young as 14 are doing some of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs in the industry. Every story here traces back to the same things: a production line that is never allowed to slow down, and a town where the chicken has a higher value than the people who process it.

It may be time to rethink who is fronting the cost for cheap chicken. by @singlestonemedia

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In April 2026, the USDA delayed a rule that was set to offer protections to farmers who are in predatory contracts with major poultry companies. Supporters of the rule believe this is a strategic political move to keep power in the hands of industry giants and away from small farmers. We spent time with Craig Watts, a sixth generation farmer, who worked under contract with Perdue for over 20 years before becoming an industry whistleblower. Craig is now an advocate for contractor farmers. Learn more at growersunite.org by @singlestonemedia

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Sometimes it can feel like the grocery store is just a bunch of corps in a trench coat. Because it basically is.

#worldfoodday2026 #worldfoodday #bigfood #bigfoodanddrink #makebigfoodpay by @singlestonemedia

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Sitting down with Phil at @hopewellfarmsga was one of my favorite conversations from the One Table series, where I talk with farmers about the things we usually avoid. Phil really listened, and we found understanding if not agreement even though we eat differently. I respect him for inviting me into a conversation that could have gone sideways. I’m so grateful it didn’t, and I wish more of us could talk to each other this way.

In this clip we get into why I don’t eat eggs. Male chicks are separated from the hens shortly after hatching because they can’t lay eggs, so they’re treated as worthless. Most are killed on their first day, often by maceration, where they’re fed into rotating blades. It’s unfathomable to me that this is just normal practice.

I think that’s where the real change starts, when people with very different perspectives still pull up a chair and listen. Every table like this one makes the next hard conversation a little easier, and who knows what grows from a single honest exchange. by @singlestonemedia

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Billionaires are buying farmland. Corporations are consolidating the market, and family farmers are being pushed out. Whoever controls the land controls the food and right now, that’s fewer people than ever.

Jeff Bezos owns 462,000 acres of land. Bill Gates owns 275,000. In August, Fortune reported that a buying spree of U.S. farmland by ultrawealthy individuals is threatening to price traditional and beginning farmers out of the market. IDs 1-3: T ext reads, “Zuckerberg and Bezos have also purchased massive amounts of farmland and ranches. Land is one of the most critical resources – being consolidated by people who have never farmed it.” “Industrial agriculture does not serve family farmers, our economies or public well-being. Instead, we continue to see the negative impacts of unchecked market power and the loss of family farmers from the land.” “If you control the food, you control the people. If independent farmers disappear, control over the food supply becomes concentrated in the hands of governments and major corporations.” by @singlestonemedia

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Residents in Benton County, Indiana are fighting three proposed CAFOs that would hold 26,000 pigs. They were given a notice in the mail about a hearing that would happen in less than three weeks. When 50 people showed up to the zoning hearing to object and ask them to postpone the vote, they were denied and both boards voted unanimously to move it forward.

A resident stated, “It feels very clandestine, very hush-hush. Suddenly there was a meeting and it was done before anyone could blink.” Nine property owners are now in court alleging improper procedure, and they have a hearing set for December 23. IDs 1-4: Graphics with text read, "Residents Fight Against proposed hog farm. A Benton county resident was offered a 30-pound box of pork for her support in a factory farm proposal to be built in her backyard. She said no. The three proposed hog farms would collectively house 26,000 pigs. Neighbors got under three weeks' notice before the county zoning hearings. About 50 showed up to object and asked to postpone. The extension was denied and the plan was approved unanimously. It feels very clandestine, very hush-hush...suddenly there was a meeting and it was done before anyone could blink - Marlene Reynolds, Benton County Resident, on the hog CAFOs Proposed Near Her Home. It's not over. Benton County's three commissioners still have to vote — and nine property owners have taken the boards to court, alleging improper procedure." by @singlestonemedia

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A manure spill in Maryland just killed 11,000 fish. Residents found tiny minnows, trout, and eel floating in foamy water. In 2025, Kilby Farms signed a settlement with Maryland to stop discharging into Basin Run. In May of this year, MDE sued the farm, saying that they have continuously violated the agreement. The lawsuit points to a PVC pipe discharging manure and other contaminants into the stream. Residents have been organizing under #SaveBasinRun.

Manure lagoons hold enormous volumes of waste right next to waterways, and when they overflow, entire communities are put at risk. by @singlestonemedia

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Farmers are legally required to pay into federal checkoff programs. In 2023, $26 million of this money went to the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, which has lobbied against industry regulation and labels telling you where your beef comes from. This year, the pork checkoff funded a kids’ coloring book that normalized the conditions of many factory farms: pigs never able to go outside, and mother pigs being kept in crates they can’t turn around in.

For decades, policies have pushed agriculture toward factory farming. Since 1980, America has lost most of its pig farms while producing far more pork. The checkoff makes small farmers help pay for that push. This program collects mandatory fees to help market the industrial model and support a lobbying group that works against them. by @singlestonemedia

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The red barn on the label is a story, but the truth behind it doesn’t match. The voices in this carousel follow the story from its roots to present day: an agricultural system built on stolen land and enslaved labor, then consolidated into a market where farmers are being gouged by the corporations that control almost every part of the food system. Now, family farms are disappearing while billion dollar agribusinesses grow.

The family farm is still the image they sell you, but it’s not the business model anymore. IDs 1-3: Text reads, “The corporation with enough access to help shape the rules governing its own industry. That’s Big Ag and that’s what’s hiding behind the red barn.” “American agriculture is rooted in slavery and genocide. Where modest family farms once stood, there are now low-wage workers serving billion dollar agribusinesses.” “At the root of these disruptions is one persistent problem in the agriculture industry: corporate consolidation. American farmers are being gouged by corporate cartels that control nearly every element of the food system." by @singlestonemedia

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Joe Yokley has lived on his farm near Bronaugh, Missouri, for 42 years. Next door is a turkey operation owned by Butterball, which wants to expand to over 267,000 birds. Residents within 6,000 feet of the operation, just over a mile away, were given a notice in the mail. They already experience days where the smell keeps them from going outside, and now they are faced with even bigger questions. Residents want to know where the extra waste will go, what happens to their property values, and whether their water supply can handle the expansion. by @singlestonemedia

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Iowa is raising more hogs than ever, so why are its hog-producing towns shrinking? Since 1982, the state has lost 86% of its hog farms as corporate-contracted confinements took over. Farmers now earn $2 less per pound of hog than they did then, while shoppers pay only $1 less. The meatpackers and processors in the middle keep the difference.

In the counties with the most hog production, household incomes fell and populations dropped. The wealth that this industry generates is real, but it doesn’t stay in the towns that create it. IDs 1-3: Text reads, "Iowa farms raising hogs fell 86% between 1982 and 2017, but the number of hogs more than tripled. Counties with the most factory farms saw incomes fall and population drop. In Iowa's highest CAFO-density counties, cancer incidence also runs about 8% higher. 'If these hog outfits are so good for the community, economically, people should be flocking to the area...but [they’re] not. Our small towns are dying.' - Nick Schutt, Iowa farmer." by @singlestonemedia

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